15:50 Plumpton

Sunday 14 April 2024

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Bluebell Vineyard Estates Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 6m 40.75s

I See You Well¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 12-3| J: M G Nolan| T: J W Mullins| OR: 118| CD

15/2

Something of a course specialist, winning 5 times over fences and arrives on back of good second of 7 here (19.8f, good to soft) last month. Return to longer trip will suit and is one for the shortlist.

Form: 65U622

Minella Buster¹⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Joe Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 115| C

16/1

Won 1 of his 6 starts over fences and somewhere near best when second of 6 in handicap chase at Stratford (22.6f, good to soft) when last seen 6 months ago. Warrants respect on return.

Form: 132P-62

Innisfree Lad^b,t³⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 12-0| J: Theo Gillard| T: David Dennis| OR: 115| CD

66/1

Back to winning ways at Doncaster in December and ran with credit when second at Hereford (25.2f) in February. Not the most consistent, however, and ran no sort of race at Warwick latest.

Form: 51362P

Milan Bridge^t¹¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: Mrs S J Humphrey| OR: 115| CD

8/1

Posted career best when winning 9-runner handicap chase over C&D (good to soft) 118 days ago, driven clear. Fairly treated on old form and must enter calculations.

Form: B49-471

Atakan^t²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: R T Dunne| T: J R Boyle| OR: 112| CD

25/1

C&D winner early last year but lightly raced and disappointing since. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: P/131-4P

Crystal Moon^t⁹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: G Sheehan| T: A King| OR: 112

4/1

Found further improvement when landing 11-runner handicap chase at Hereford (25.2f, good to soft) 90 days ago, pushed out. 12 lb higher now but it's possible we haven't seen the best of him yet.

Form: 03/21-31

Born At Midnight³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Harry Kimber| T: W G M Turner| OR: 107| CD

13/2

Proved better than ever on his last 2 starts, defying a penalty to make it back-to-back victories over C&D last month. Will need to find more again in this deeper contest, but he's thriving at present.

Form: 32-3411

Pedley Wood^t⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard| OR: 104| BF| D

4/1

2 wins from 4 runs this season and continued his steady improvement in this sphere when second of 6 in handicap at Wincanton (25.1f, heavy, 5/4) 46 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 37-1122

Blame The Game^p¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Rex Dingle| T: C Gordon| OR: 102| CD

7/1

Three-time winner last season but yet to play a significant role this term. Now 3 lb below last winning mark, however, and return to quicker conditions may see him in a better light.

Form: 4-497P6

My Bad Lucy¹³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford| OR: 93

14/1

Won 2 of his 6 starts (at up to 24f) last season but clearly had his issues since and hasn't been since down the field at Hereford in November.

Form: 36141-6

Delgany Monarch³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: N F Houlihan| T: R Rowe| OR: 91| CD

9/1

Won 3-runner C&D handicap this time last year and back to that sort of form when 10 lengths third of 7 to Born At Midnight at this course 34 days ago. Others look better treated, though.

Form: 321-6U3

Non-Runners

Henschke¹¹⁸

Weight: 11-8| Age: 10

T: W Greatrex J: Non Runner

Shot Boii²⁴

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: D Pipe J: Jack Tudor

Head On³⁴

Weight: 10-8| Age: 8

T: Ian Williams J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Crystal Moon (4/1), Pedley Wood (4/1), Born At Midnight (13/2), Blame The Game (7/1), I See You Well (15/2), Milan Bridge (8/1), Shot Boii (8/1), Delgany Monarch (9/1), Henschke (14/1), My Bad Lucy (14/1), Minella Buster (16/1), Atakan (25/1), Head On (25/1), Innisfree Lad (66/1)

CRYSTAL MOON was a ready winner at Hereford last time and remains relatively unexposed over fences. He can score again. Plumpton-regular I See You Well has dropped to a handy mark and is feared most, whilst Pedley Wood and Born At Midnight are also much respected.